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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Mark Albert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard A. Howes, Roswell, GA (US);
James A. Jordan, Roswell, GA (US);
Edward A. Kersey, Alpharetta, GA (US);
William M. Leblanc, Athens, GA (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chris O'rourke, Morrisville, NC (US);
Pranav Kumar Tiwari, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bruce F. Wong, Athens, GA (US);
Mark Albert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard A. Howes, Roswell, GA (US);
James A. Jordan, Roswell, GA (US);
Edward A. Kersey, Alpharetta, GA (US);
William M. LeBlanc, Athens, GA (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chris O'Rourke, Morrisville, NC (US);
Pranav Kumar Tiwari, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bruce F. Wong, Athens, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for providing a fault tolerant network service. A packet is received that corresponds to a flow from a forwarding agent at a primary service manager and instructions are determined at the primary service manager for handling packets corresponding to the flow. The instructions are sent to the forwarding agent and the instructions are stored at the primary service manager. A replication packet is sent to a backup service manager. The replication packet includes the instructions for handling packets corresponding to the flow.